What is the burden of proving a lawyer’s work has been billed?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cao v. Tsui & Cao Law Corporation, 2015 BCSC 2072 (CanLII):
The lawyer has the burden of proving what was done, why it was done, the time it took, and why it took the amount of time billed. See Spraggs v. Lopushinsky, 2002 BCSC 311, at para. 85. Absent pre-bills, or any notes in relation to the billings, this can be exceedingly difficult as this case demonstrates.
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